Overview
NURS 532: NP Adult Health I is part of the Master of Nursing: Nurse Practitioner (MN-NP) degree and the Post-Masters Diploma: Nurse Practitioner (PMD-NP) program.
In NURS 532, you will learn to provide health care to adults, including screening and wellness counseling for healthy adults, the management of common acute and chronic conditions, and the management of transitions in care.
Outline
NURS 532 is a paced course delivered over 13 weeks using a blended learning approach that combines asynchronous online learning and regular synchronous virtual sessions.
Course content focuses on the development of competencies required for the assessment and management of adult health conditions. Emphasis is placed on the following:
- Health promotion, disease prevention, and screening in adult populations
- Assessment and management of common acute and chronic conditions across body systems
- Clinical reasoning and decision-making in adult health care
- Care coordination and transitions in care across health care settings
- Consideration of patient context, including comorbidities and factors influencing health outcomes
Learning outcomes
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Apply current evidence-informed recommendations for assessment, health promotion, and preventive screening of adults;
- Analyze and synthesize information from multiple sources to identify a client’s health needs;
- Formulate and communicate assessment findings, differential diagnoses, and anticipated outcomes with clients;
- Develop management plans using clinical reasoning that incorporate client preferences, evidence, and contextual factors;
- Apply best practices to support shared decision-making with adult clients, considering risks, benefits, and alternatives;
- Initiate appropriate referrals to practitioners or services, including urgent or emergent care when indicated;
- Describe the NP’s responsibilities in hospital admission and discharge, transitions of care and ending therapeutic provider-client relationships;
- Assess and manage common acute and chronic health conditions in adult populations.
Evaluation
Assessment in NURS 532 consists of multiple course activities with assigned percentage weightings. Your final grade is based on overall performance across all required assessments. A variety of assessment approaches are used to evaluate achievement of the course learning outcomes.
| Activity | Weight |
| Participation activities | 10% |
| Assessments | 40% |
| Exams | 50% |
| Total | 100% |
Materials
Digital course materials
Links to the following course materials will be made available in the course:
Cash, J. C., Fraser, D., Corcoran, L., & Edwards, M. (2025). Canadian family practice guidelines (2nd ed.). Springer Publishing. ISBN: 978-0826192257
Recommended Resources
Rao, L. V., & Snyder, L. M. (2020). Wallach's interpretation of diagnostic tests (11th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. Also available in e-book and mobile formats.
(Recommended text; not provided within the course)